Alice Herz-Sommer Quotes
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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Before 'Lucky Louie,' nobody would ever cast me to play a mom or a wife; nobody ever saw me in that role, which is weird, since that's who I really am.
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The scene of independent cinema is already a large scene in America, and not in a negative way, but it's cluttered. It's very populated with just American films, so the room left for foreign movies is not extremely vast. The American public also does not really read. They don't read subtitles. But we're like that in Canada, too.
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I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.
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We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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I Googled 'What do rich people buy?' Because I don't feel like a rich person, and I don't really try to act like a rich person, so I don't know what they buy. I didn't really like the stuff I saw, so I'm gonna stick with my humble lifestyle and just keep working out.
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A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.
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I always had challenges when I was younger, because I looked so young but sounded older.
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I actually never liked writing on my own or in school until I'd had my blog for a while and realized I'd been writing every day for years.
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I was quietly rebellious. My parents thought I was very good but secretly I did things like saying I was staying in one place and going somewhere else instead. My older sister was openly rebellious and would tell my parents where to go, but I never did that.
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It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're in a theater, your brain expands because somebody in the theater may do something or respond to something that you wouldn't have.
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You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages.
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I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song.
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We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.
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I always knew I wanted to be a performer. I started playing when I was in third grade, but I wasn't very good at all.
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I always wanted to live the lives of different people, portray characters that are different from me. But I could have done that in front of a mirror, also, I didn't need to do films for that. At the end of the day, it's this fame, recognition, popularity, the love and appreciation you get from your audience that drives you.
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I do quite naughty things now. I do like to be a bit sexy.
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I want to be where your heart is home I want to see you with the light in the morning There’s never been such a beautiful warning to me, to me
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I was rejected in school because I didn't look like the big-breasted, beautiful girls. I was awkward and sad. My mother always said, "Be original!" but I didn't understand until I changed to be like everyone else.
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I think backwards. "This was beautiful." Instead of forward.
